In case her heartfelt paean in Saturday's debate to the free capitalist utopia that is Communist Red China didn't convince you, Michele Bachmann, who is (seriously) making a real run in Iowa again, has determined that the path to the Republican nomination runs through Screwloose Gap, which leads through the Sierra Lunatica mountains on the border of Batshitistan, and that, on that terrain, she's both Lewis and Clark, baby.

She had a rough weekend on the Sunday shows, sure, but it's a rare thing in politics to see someone campaigning for the nomination of a major party so firmly dedicated to shoring up her support among the members of her base who believe that CBS and the Templars and the Masons and the Illuminati and "General Axelrod" are conspiring to keep her down. However, it cuts down on the campaign's communication budget when your supporters can hear Michele through the fillings in their teeth.